BURBANK, Calif. (By
Maria Kleinman/ Walt Disney Records) - The soundtrack to the smash hit Disney Channel Original Movie, "
High School Musical", has returned to the top position on the Billboard Top 200 chart with 142,272 units scanned for the week, a sales increase of 3%. Sales of the platinum-certified soundtrack have increased each week since its release 10 weeks ago. 'High School Musical' first claimed the #1 spot the week of February 26, seven weeks after its release.
Additionally, this week 'High School Musical' continues its reign at #1 on both the Billboard Soundtrack Chart (a position it has held for six out of the past eight weeks) and the Billboard Kids Chart (where it has topped the chart for nine consecutive weeks).
Digital sales continue to be a significant component to the soundtrack's success, with 56,505 single tracks sold last week. To date, digital singles sales for the 'High School Musical' soundtrack have surpassed 1.1 million.
'High School Musical' has generated one platinum single, "Breaking Free," and four gold singles - "What I've Been Looking For," "We're All in This Together," "Start of Something New" and "Get'cha Head in the Game."
"High School Musical", a contemporary musical comedy, has aired eight times (January 20-March 10) on Disney Channel. For those eight telecasts, it has delivered 30.6 million unduplicated Total Viewers, 9.5 million Kids 6-11 and 9.8 million Tweens 9-14. The ninth telecast will be presented on March 23 (8:00 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel.
Disney Channel is a 24-hour kid-driven, family inclusive television network that taps into the world of kids and families through original series and movies plus contemporary acquired programming. Currently available on basic cable in over 87 million U.S. homes and to millions of other viewers on 23 Disney Channels around the world, Disney Channel is part of the Disney-ABC Television Group.
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